I read somewhere that the actor who plays the main character here gained a lot of weight for the role. Yeah, he's unrecognizeable with his new weight and haircut. Good work on that.
The film follows Mark David Chapman, the murderer of John Lennon a few days before committing the act that would earn him an article on Wikipedia that would be read for generations to come.
It portrays Chapman as an obsessive who's internally oscillating chaotically between a desire to kill John Lennon and adoration of the man. His interactions with other people are presented as awkward and uncomfortable exchanges.
The actor effectively makes this character very creepy. He has a slow raspy voice and he usually looks absent-minded in conversations with others, as if he were focused on internal obsessions.
The other actors are also strong and it was a good decision to barely show John Lennon's character on screen.
It's mostly a stream of consciousness and interactions - it's hard to predict that the main character even wants to commit the murder unless you know story already - so it's not a movie which is either meaningful or instructive. Nevertheless, it's never boring. It's interesting as a psychological portrayal of an obsessed man descending into madness or just an awkward guy acting inappropriately in social situations.
Honourable Mentions: The King of Comedy (1983). Honestly I don't remember this movie, I saw it a long time ago, but I think it was pretty good. It's also about a criminally obsessed fan who meets his idol.
The film follows Mark David Chapman, the murderer of John Lennon a few days before committing the act that would earn him an article on Wikipedia that would be read for generations to come.
It portrays Chapman as an obsessive who's internally oscillating chaotically between a desire to kill John Lennon and adoration of the man. His interactions with other people are presented as awkward and uncomfortable exchanges.
The actor effectively makes this character very creepy. He has a slow raspy voice and he usually looks absent-minded in conversations with others, as if he were focused on internal obsessions.
The other actors are also strong and it was a good decision to barely show John Lennon's character on screen.
It's mostly a stream of consciousness and interactions - it's hard to predict that the main character even wants to commit the murder unless you know story already - so it's not a movie which is either meaningful or instructive. Nevertheless, it's never boring. It's interesting as a psychological portrayal of an obsessed man descending into madness or just an awkward guy acting inappropriately in social situations.
Honourable Mentions: The King of Comedy (1983). Honestly I don't remember this movie, I saw it a long time ago, but I think it was pretty good. It's also about a criminally obsessed fan who meets his idol.